WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Callistocypraea (Chelycypraea) testudinaria ingens F. A. Schilder & M. Schilder, 1938) Schilder F.A. & Schilder M. (1938-1939). Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 23(3): 109-180 [15 November 1938]; 23(4): 181-252 [15 March 1939]. page(s): 178 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Cypraea testudinosa Perry, 1811) Perry, G. (1811). Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. W. Miller, London, 4 pp. + 61 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41764832 page(s): pl. 20, fig. 1 [details]
basis of record
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. <em>Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks.</em> 644 pp. page(s): 362 [details]
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English |
tortoise cowry [from synonym]tortoise cowrie [from synonym] |
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Japanese |
ムラクモダカラ |
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